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A female missionary from the US was fatally shot in Mexico yesterday, the AP reports. Husband Sam Davis drove his wife, Nancy, 59, back over the border after gunmen in a pickup shot her in the head after trying to stop their vehicle, he told police. Davis drove against traffic across the Pharr International Bridge in a frantic bid to get his wife help, but she was pronounced dead at a Texas hospital.

Police said the Davises are active missionaries who traveled all around Mexico. The death echoes the case of David and Tiffany Hartley in September. Gunmen—police suspect drug cartel members—fired on them as they were riding jet skis on a border lake, killing David. "I don't know them, but my heart breaks for them," Tiffany Hartley said of the Davises.

Nancy and Sam are good missionaries, it is sad to lose a family member. And just to let some people know, Sam and Nancy was welcomed in Mexico. It's the drug people who is not welcome, keep killing people for vehicles or stupid things. Unless you know Nancy and Sam, don't judge them, they spent over 35 years helping out the people in Mexico. At least my family knows that cousin Nancy went to Heaven.

Riffran

Jan 28, 2011 5:18 AM CST

Welcome to Mexico......*blam blam*....You could not pay me enough to travel there, these days...and I really liked Cancun and Ensanada :(

sallythedoctor

Jan 27, 2011 7:55 PM CST

Every missionary I've ever known has been a condescending ass. One (who specializes in Mexico) was way more concerned with preaching the American way of life than any actual religion. "These kids don't get cokes, guys. They drink only water. And no, those aren't plates they're eating off of. Those are big leaves." Instead of learning about their targets' culture, they just pity them because they don't watch 40 hours of TV a week. And really, anyone who does something "good" because they are getting a cosmic reward or because someone told them to isn't actually doing anything "good" for anyone but themselves.